New York’s only Pete Dye course offers flexible rates, options for today’s golfer
(POUND RIDGE, N.Y.) – Pound Ridge Golf Club – the public Pete Dye-design in Westchester County – today announces 2012 season rates effective May 1.
Located under an hour from New York City and minutes from White Plains, Stamford and Greenwich, Pound Ridge offers afternoon 18-hole rates starting at $105, seven days a week. Weekday nine-hole rates of $80 (before 8:30 a.m.) and $60 (after 4:30 p.m.) are also available.
“Now entering our fourth full year, Pound Ridge provides Metropolitan area golfers an upscale, daily fee golf alternative on par with the best private clubs,” says owner Ken Wang. “Continuation of the nine-hole rate from 2011 is an example of Pound Ridge Golf Club’s response to the desires of today’s modern player looking to experience the course via flexible rates.”
New for 2012, weekend (after 12 p.m.) and weekday rates can be reserved without advance booking. All rounds include a golf cart or pull cart; Pound Ridge yardage book; bottled water; player’s towel; and complimentary use of the driving range, newly-designed sunken chipping area and other practice facilities.
Golfers choose from five sets of tee boxes, making it appealing to both novice and experienced players. The course also has three sets of tees rated for women, bearing the unmistakable touch of Alice Dye, Pete’s wife and an accomplished amateur player.
Since opening in 2008, Pound Ridge has earned world-class accolades from Golf Digest, GOLF Magazine, Golfweek, AskMen.com, Rolex and LINKS Magazine. It quickly emerged as a “destination golf course,” sought out by serious golfers collecting the world’s best golf experiences.
Advance reservations are needed 48 hours prior to weekend tee times (Fri. – Sun.). Forecaddies are available upon request by calling the pro shop at least 24 hours before a booked tee time.
For more information about Pound Ridge, visit www.PoundRidgeGolf.com or call 914.764.5771.
About Pound Ridge Golf Club
Opened in 2008, Pound Ridge Golf Club is the only course in New York designed by the legendary Pete Dye. Located in Westchester County, it is less than an hour north of New York City and less than 15 minutes from Stamford and Greenwich, Connecticut. Pound Ridge Golf Club is the premier high-end, public course in the metropolitan New York area.
Crafted by Dye, his son Perry and long-time Dye construction manager/lead shaper Michael Langkau, Pound Ridge Golf Club is a full bentgrass facility, hewn from 172 acres of magnificent cliffs, streams and wooded hills. Dramatic rock formations and boulders were left onsite, creating one of the most visually stunning settings for golf in the U.S. More than 14,000-linear-feet of rock wall surrounds trees, wetlands and water hazards. These frame contoured fairways which wind through hardwood forests and fescue mounds leading to open meadows with picturesque green complexes.
Pound Ridge Golf Club plays to a par-72 and houses five sets of tees and measures 7,165 yards. It boasts a practice range, short game area and putting green. The property features some of the highest points in Westchester County, with a number of tee boxes offering expansive vistas of the surrounding countryside. Notable holes include the par-5, 13th – home to “Pete’s Rock,” a giant boulder that rests in the middle of the fairway – and the par-3 15th – dubbed “Headstone” – which is flanked on the right by a large rock outcropping that protrudes into the elongated, 9,000-square-foot green.
Recent accolades for Pound Ridge Golf Club Include:
“No. 1 New York City Area Golf Course, 2010” – AskMen.com
“America’s Best New Courses, 2009” – Golf Digest
“New Golf Development of the Year, 2009” – ABTA Golf
“Top Ten You Can Play, No. 2, 2008” – GOLF Magazine
“Best New Courses, 2008” – LINKS Magazine
“America’s Best New Courses, 2008” – Golfweek
Contact:
Shane Sharp
Buffalo Communications
704.519.8381
ssharp@buffalocommunications.com
Glenn Gray
Buffalo Communications
703.891.3511
ggray@buffalocommunications.com
www.buffalocommunications.com
